Report · Sep 12, 2023
Climate Change in the American Mind: Climate Justice, Spring 2023
By Jennifer Carman, Matthew Ballew, Danning (Leilani) Lu, Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Emily Goddard, Joshua Low, Jennifer Marlon, Marija Verner, Sanguk Lee, Teresa Myers, Matthew Goldberg, Nicholas Badullovich, Tracy Mason, Andrea Aguilar, Sha Merirei Ongelungel, Karina Sahlin, Cristian Sanchez, Irene Burga, Mark Magaña, Saad Amer, Romona Taylor Williams, Montana Burgess, Grace McRae, Makeda Fekede, Manuel Salgado, Annika Larson, Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig, Michel Gelobter and Gerald Torres
Filed under: Beliefs & Attitudes
4. Registered Voters’ Personal Engagement with Climate Justice
4.1. One in four registered voters are participating, or willing to participate, in a campaign to convince elected officials to take action to advance climate justice.
One in four registered voters (25%) say they are either “definitely” (7%) or “probably” (18%) willing to join a campaign to convince elected officials to take action to advance climate justice or are already currently participating in such a campaign (1%; refer to data tables, p. 28).
Among the political groups, about half (52%) of liberal Democrats say they are willing to participate or are currently participating in a campaign (1% “currently,” 16% “definitely,” 35% “probably”), followed by 29% of moderate/conservative Democrats (1% “currently,” 7% “definitely,” 21% “probably”), 9% of liberal/moderate Republicans (none “currently,” 3% “definitely,” 6% “probably”), and 2% of conservative Republicans (1% “currently,” 1% “definitely,” and less than 1% “probably”). Additionally, about 25% of Independent/Other registered voters say they would participate in such a campaign (none “currently,” 4% “definitely,” and 21% “probably”; refer to data tables).
4.2. Many registered voters say they are more likely to vote for a candidate for public office who supports climate justice.
More than four in ten registered voters say they are more likely to vote for a candidate for public office who supports climate justice (44%), including 21% who say they are “much more likely” (refer to data tables, p. 29). This includes a large majority of liberal Democrats (83%), a majority of moderate/conservative Democrats (54%), and about two in ten liberal/moderate Republicans (22%), but few conservative Republicans (5%). Additionally, about one in three Independent/Other registered voters say they are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports climate justice (35%; refer to data tables).
